Drills Reviews

I grew up using these saws,My Dad,My Grandad,All God's (carpenter) children had one of these,,,,well, Not one of these,,, exactly. I still have one that may be 30 years old. Grandad may have used it, I don't know, but I remember Dad using it. Dulls quickly. Hard to find anyone to sharpen it. So I bought one of these a few years ago, the packaging says it stays sharp longer and cuts more aggressively. And I found this to be very true. The aggressive cut could be considered by the old-timers to be a fault, it does leave a good deal of tear-out. But the majority of the time I'm not using this for trim. For trim I use the old quick dull,close tooth antique. Also a good buy, is the shorter version of this saw. It fits in most tool boxes and is very handy. Either saw is good for finishing a pocket cut or an intersecting cut,,or even hacking off the occasional 2x4. I've even used it as a rasp to knock the end off of a protuding top plate at wall intersections. Useful tool, if you have an electric circular saw, you need one of these. Make your Grandad proud. Meanwhile, I'm learning how to resharpen the old antique.

it works like a charm and where can you get it in better condition than amazon.it is extremly [inexpensive] and useful to have. an excellent product and would definatly recommend it.it would be a very optianal christmas present for a relitave or friend.

As something I use for home tasks and occasionally tote to a furniture store, I've never given much thought to tape measures. Mostly I've used freebies that came as a promotional item. Typically these had 1/4" blades, difficult to read markings and no locking mechanism.

On a whim one day I bought this 12' measure with a 3/4" blade, and the resulting improvement is tremendous. The wider blade is easier to extend for longer distances without it bending, and the markings are substantially easier to read. The lock is very useful for situations in which you can't apply both hands simultaneously. (I'm sure all of this is obvious to anyone who regularly uses tape measures, but to those who've just made do with whatever happened to be in the tool drawer, it's the sort of thing you wouldn't notice until you experienced the improvements.)

The Stanley is well crafted, with excellent tension for blade recall and a well-positioned locking switch. The removable belt-clip makes it especially easy to tote around.

Take one with you the next time you visit Ikea and see how many people ask to borrow it!

This is the best tape measure I've ever had the pleasure of using. After my old off brand went out I decided to go with Stanley 33-600 30' Contractor Grade MaxSteel Tape Rule. This tape has a nice blade recoil and a bumper for a longer hook life. I've only had this tape for awhile and I love it! So if you are looking for dependable tape go with the Stanley 33-600 30' Contractor Grade MaxSteel Tape Rule.

I have used one of these since Jr. High shop class 30 years ago. It is a great tool to use for setting the center of a drill or screw hole on wood. Just place the point on your mark and whack it with the heel of your hand. That little dimple will keep your drill on mark or break enough fiber to give your screw a grip. It is a basic hand tool that should be in every woodworkers war chest.

This is a great mixer . It requires little power to turn. Puts very little strain on your wrist. It won't cause your bucket to spin out of control. It won't chew up the side of your bucket leaving pieces of plastic in your mud like some do.It works very well and I recommend it to anyone from a do it yourselfer to a drywall / paint contractor.

Pros:
-Safety. Great safety feature which is a small clip where the staple comes out. The stapler will only shoot the staple if the clip is depressed, and it will only be depressed when you have it in place to staple something.
-Dual Purpose. Stapler / brad nail gun. I only used the staple feature, but I'm sure the brad nail feature works fine as well.
-Electric. You don't need the getup involved in having an air gun. Plug it into any outlet and go.
-Performance. When I pressed firmly down on the wood I was stapling, the staples would sink all the way down most of the time. This was really a 4 out of 5, because if you didn't press quite firmly, it wouldn't sink the staple all the way. I was stapling into southern pine, which is a softer wood. I don't think it would have performed as well with a harder wood like oak. I'd have liked a stronger gun which would sink the staple all they way regardless of how hard I pressed, or what wood I was stapling into, but then for $25, I can't complain too much.
-Specs. Compare this electric stapler to other electric staplers. They are 120V, 10 Amp, 60 Hz, just like this one. As for why they are more expensive, who knows.

Cons:
-Performance. See above. For the price, it is surely as good as it gets, and will get the job done for the average DIY such as myself, but the power isn't overwhelming.

That is all the usefull information in my review, for a more exact and mostly boring background of my review of the stapler, read below.

I recently moved into a house with a fenced backyard. There was a 2-3" gap under the fence, and so I had to install chicken wire along the entire length of the fence so that our rat terrier (the wife's of course) couldn't get out. Using the Stanley staple gun, I did it. Now, as for performance of unit, it was very good, not great. I found that if I pressed down firmly on the wood I was stapling, that it would sink the staple all the way down. The reality was that the fence would "give" a little when i stapled into it, and so almost all the staples stick out just a little bit. Now, they'll work fine, but it just isn't the clean look everyone wants. It would have been nice to have a gun powerful enough to sink the staple no matter what, even if the wood under the gun vibrates or "gives" a little, but then I'm a guy that likes extra power in just about everything. It jammed once which was my fault for not setting it against the fence properly, and the jammed staple came out with no problem the next time I pressed the trigger. By the way, the rat (terrier) is effectively trapped.

Everybody on my block like it, its a lot diferent than the usual white /black or plastic one, i like that its metal so if i change my mind about the desing i always can get a magnetic mail box cover and go with the holidays and or seasons.

Because DVD recording is so new, when selecting DVD+Rs (or DVD-Rs for that matter), it is generally advised that one should start small: Because some DVD players may have some trouble playing some brands of recordable DVDs it is best to start by buying a small sample of blank DVDs and trying that brand out on your home's various DVD players to ensure that they all play it back fine.

I tried out these 4x TDK DVD+Rs and they worked fine in all of my household's DVD players, so I've stuck with this brand and made about 50 DVD+Rs, all at 4x speed, with only one bad disc so far (and that may have been my fault).

These TDK's have a frosted top with subtle TDK logos which are not distracting. Contrary to some reports, these are not made in Japan, they are Taiwanese, however they seem every bit as good as Japanese made ones.

Once you choose this brand/make, they will be easy to find when shopping because TDK's packaging for this particular style has a photo of a puppy dog on the front. Easy to remember. They come in spindles as well as in various wasteful packaging configurations.

I sealed the galley hatch on my teardrop camp trailer and is seals excellent. Everything stays bone dry even in driving rain at freeway speeds.